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Doomsday is Here in “RUE MORGUE #214 Sep/Oct 2023 Halloween Special Issue!”

Count down till doomsday with RUE MORGUE’s 26th Anniversary Halloween issue (#214 Sep/Oct 2023) featuring original cover art by DAVID SEIDMAN, on stands everywhere on September 1 and now available in the Rue Morgue Shoppe!

In it, RUE MORGUE rings in 26 years of terror with a look at the role that artificial intelligence plays into our fears – real and imagined – with some key players in the field of speculative horror fiction. Plus! THE WORLD’S FIRST CYBER-CRYPTID, DARK NIGHT HALLOWEEN WORLD, the AI horror art in AILIEN REALMS.

Plus! A curated list of LITERARY HORRORS waiting to be made into next year’s movies, and RUE MORGUE’s picks for books that deserve another shot at adaptation.

A crash course in all things FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S, including director EMMA TAMMI on her bringing the popular horror-survival game franchise to the big screen and more!

CHUCK PALAHNIUK returns with NOT FOREVER, BUT FOR NOW, a biting new satire that lampoons stuffy British privilege with a streak of drugs, debauchery, and bloody murder.

For those who like their metal as pitch-black as their morning caffeine fix, the SATANIC TEA CO. has something brewing for you.

A look inside General Mills’ iconic MONSTER CEREAL line and brand new flavour featuring its first female mascot!

Plus! TRICK OR TREAT on 4K UHD; Bowen digs up 1975’s RACE WITH THE DEVILROBOT MONSTER (1953); Mark Russell’s CEREAL: SWEET DARKNESS comic book; Steven E. Wedel’s WEREWOLF SAGA; the killer key art of CREEPY DUCK DESIGN; OCCULT ROCK; and lots more.

All this and the latest film, book, comic book, music, game and toy releases!

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